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Baseball Player, Chef, Doctor, or Specialty Coffee Professional?
By Mike Ebert, Alterra Coffee Roasters Personally, I was going to be a rock star, but coffee got in the way. Back in the late 80’s, there were few people who set out…
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So You Want to Work in Specialty Coffee?
By Erin Meister, Counter Culture Coffee “When I retire, I want to open a coffee shop.” For years, those words rankled me. As a coffee professional with a decade’s worth of experience culled…
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SCAA Professional Development Programs Bring World Class Education to the Coffee Marketplace
By Lily Kubota, Content & Communications Manager, SCAA The Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) is a membership organization that, for the past quarter of a century, has provided its members with resources,…
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Careers in Coffee: Logging Time
By Thomas Hodges, Director of Coffee, Lamill Coffee I will begin and conclude this brief article with my own coffee-roasting axiom: “There is no substitute for time behind the iron.” In fact, Malcolm Gladwell’s recent book…
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Profile: The Specialty Coffee Scientist
By Emma Bladyka, Coffee Science Manager, SCAA Coffee scientists all over the globe are examining important issues in coffee. There are research groups investigating everything from volatile aroma components, pest and disease biology…
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90+ Profiles: Getting to Know Rick Peyser
Who are you and what do you do in coffee? I’m Rick Peyser, Director of Social Advocacy and Supply Chain Community Outreach for Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (GMCR). In my current role,…
SCAA Announces Digital Opportunities to Complete Knowledge Tests for Certificate Programs
As of June 1, 2013, the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) will be conducting all knowledge tests for their Certificate programs in a secure online format. This exciting new digital system…
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April 29, 2013Baseball Player, Chef, Doctor, or Specialty Coffee Professional?
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April 29, 2013
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April 29, 2013
SCAA Professional Development Programs Bring World Class Education to the Coffee Marketplace
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April 29, 2013
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April 29, 2013
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April 29, 2013
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March 10, 2013
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May 17, 2013Ask Emma: Is coffee dehydrating?
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March 10, 2013
Coffee Scientists From All Over the World Gather in Costa Rica
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March 10, 2013
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February 15, 2013
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January 8, 2013
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December 26, 2012
Ask Emma: SCAA Coffee Science Manager Answers Your Questions
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November 13, 2012
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March 25, 2013Coffee with a Cause: SCAA Aims to Give Back to Industry Charities
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December 26, 2012
SCAA Announces Development of Sustainable Events Policy to Reduce Environmental Impact
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December 3, 2012
Now Accepting Applications for 2013 SCAA Sustainability Award
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November 14, 2012
Meet 4 African Women Who Are Changing The Face Of Coffee: NPR Reports
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November 13, 2012
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July 6, 2012
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April 10, 2012
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April 29, 201390+ Profiles: Getting to Know Rick Peyser
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March 10, 2013
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October 8, 2012
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August 14, 2012
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July 6, 2012
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April 5, 2012
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April 4, 2012
Erin Wang of Molinos de Honduras Wins 5th Annual U.S. Cup Tasters Championship
Awarded at 25th Annual SCAA Event in Boston, MA The Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) declared Erin Wang of Molinos de Honduras as the winner of its 5th Annual U.S. Cup Tasters…
USBC Origin Trip Sponsor Cafe Imports Confirms Kenya as Destination
We were excited to receive this message today from the United States Barista Championship (USBC) Origin Trip Sponsor Café Imports: “Café Imports is proud to announce that we have finalized plans for the 2013…
Now Accepting Applications for 2013 SCAA Sustainability Award
We’re currently accepting entries for the 2013 SCAA Sustainability Award. If you, your company, or organization has innovative projects to expand and promote sustainability within the coffee world while inspiring others to initiate…
Fostering an Authentic Experience: The True Value of Specialty
By Lily Kubota, Content & Communications Manager, Specialty Coffee Association of America If there is one thing about coffee that you can count on, it is change. Coffee is an ever-evolving, amorphous concept….
Barista Guild Camp Pull-A-Shot East Coast Recaps!
Camp-Pull-A-Shot East Coast | 2012 from Wilbur Curtis on Vimeo. Check out a fantastic video recap of Barista Guild of America’s recent Camp Pull-A-Shot in Pembroke, VA by our friends at Curtis. Another…
Connecting with the Specialty Coffee Consumer
Although specialty coffee has been a movement of twenty-five years or more, we actually know very little about our customers. Who are they, what do they drink, and most importantly, what motivates them?…
SCAA Attendee Project Videos – What is Specialty Coffee?
The Specialty Coffee Association of America invited 2012 Expo Attendees and other coffee lovers to announce to the world what specialty coffee means to them. They entered by creating a 1 minute video…
I Want Coffee, Not Coffee
Or: How I learned to appreciate cream and sugar again By Nicholas Cho Recently, I had the privilege of producing a “person on the street” video segment that was shown during the 2011 SCAA…
Cafe Imports Announces Origin Trip Location for USBC Champs
August 23, 2011 Café Imports www.cafeimports.com Café Imports is proud to announce the 2011/2012 USBC/WBC origin trip sponsorship location has been selected!The 6 regional USBC winners, plus the USBC Champion, and the WBC…
‘After the Harvest’ movie set to premier at SCAA Event
Scroll down to watch the trailer on the You Tube Player. In a recent survey of small-scale coffee farmers in Mexico, Guatemala, and Nicaragua, over 67% indicated they were unable to maintain their…
Sustainability Is Off to a Great START
In the last few weeks we’ve been talking a lot about sustainability in the coffee industry. We can all agree that greening the coffee world is something that would benefit everyone in…
SCAA Skill Building in Michigan with Coffee Express
In case you couldn’t make it to the recent SCAA Skill Building Workshop held in Ann Arbor, hosted by Coffee Express, check out the above video! CLICK HERE to subscribe to SCAA‘s You…
We are proud to present the SCAA Event Video!
Watching this video, I have to admit I get a little nostalgic even though it’s only been a little over a month since The Event happened! Thank you to everyone who attended, exhibited,…
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First Impressions of The 25th Annual SCAA Event in Boston, MA
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Coffee People Who Need People
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The Power of a Trade Association
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Roasters Guild Honors the Art and Craft of Coffee Roasting at the 2013 Roasters Choice Competition
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Some Insights on Coffee Leaf Rust (Hemileia vastatrix)
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Specialty Coffee Association of America Announces Coffee Taster Certificate Program
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An Introduction to Coffea Genetics
